Following a terrible season that left one of the biggest clubs in the world without any next term of European football, Massimiliano Allegri made a recovery at AC Milan on Friday.
Following Sergio Conceicao’s sacking from the San Siro club after five miserable months in charge, Milan turned to serial winner Allegri in their desperate hour.
Massimiliano Allegri has been appointed as the men’s first team’s head coach, according to a statement from AC Milan.
Allegri has signed a two-year contract worth five million euros per year, with the option to extend for two more years, according to Italian media, who did not provide specifics of the agreement.
Allegri, who finished this past Serie A season eighth, has become Milan’s fourth coach in a year.
In his first season in charge, Milan had two years to prepare for one of the most notorious Serie A episodes, and he was Milan’s coach for one of the most infamous occurrences.
When a Sulley Muntari goal was not given despite the ball clearly crossing the line, Milan defeated Juventus, the 2012 league champion, 1-0 in February that year.
Juve then won that game 1-1, ending the campaign unbeaten, and two years later hired Allegri, who won Serie A five more times in his two years with the Turin giants.
Allegri had been on a break since being fired by Juve in May of last year, culminating in a post-game riot after winning the Italian Cup and yelling at officials and sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli.
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Conceicao out
Paulo Fonseca’s contract expires in the fall of this year, and Conceicao, a former Inter Milan and Lazio player, will take his place.
He won the Italian Super Cup in January and defeated local rivals Inter in Riyadh’s final, which he had already won in Milan.
But he was unsuccessful in his bid to secure a spot in the Champions League for a talented but inconsistent team that was frequently accused of being unfazed.
The 50-year-old’s fate was sealed when Milan lost to Bologna in the Italian Cup final earlier this month.
Conceciao, 50, was in charge of Milan for 16 of his 31 games, including 11 victories, seven losses, and three draws, as well as having to deal with angry protests from supporters against RedBird, the club’s American owners.
Before their team’s final game of the season, a dead-rubber against relegated Monza last weekend, fans gathered in large numbers outside Milan’s headquarters.
That protest was the start of a string of ostensible protests from Milan supporters, who had watched them fall into second place in the division following Stefano Pioli’s second-place showing in 2023/24.
As fans watched Inter compete for the Serie A title and advance to this weekend’s Champions League final, owner Gerry Cardinale, the founder of investment fund RedBird, have been making loud demands for the club to be sold throughout matches.
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